Proposed Provision: H5. Beginning in 2028, for single/head-of-household/married-filing-separate taxpayers with MAGI of $250,000 or more and joint filers with MAGI of $500,000 or more, include up to the remaining 15 percent of Social Security benefits in taxable income (increased from up to 85 percent of benefits taxable under current law). In subsequent years, update these thresholds for growth in wages (AWI). Revenue from this provision would be credited to the Social Security trust funds. Current law taxation of up to 85 percent of Social Security benefits would remain unchanged.

OASDI Trust Fund Ratio
(assets as a percentage of annual expenditures)

Year Current Law Provision
2021253253
2022231231
2023214214
2024196196
2025178178
2026159159
2027141141
2028122122
2029104104
20308585
20316666
20324647
20332727
203478
2035-13-12
2036-33-33
2037-54-54
2038-76-75
2039-97-96
2040-119-119
2041-142-141
2042-165-163
2043-188-187
2044-211-210
2045-235-233
2046-258-257
2047-282-280
2048-306-304
2049-330-328
2050-354-352
2051-378-377
2052-403-401
2053-427-425
2054-452-450
2055-477-475
2056-502-500
2057-527-525
2058-552-550
2059-578-575
2060-604-601
2061-630-627
2062-657-654
2063-684-681
2064-712-709
2065-740-737
2066-768-765
2067-796-793
2068-825-822
2069-855-851
2070-884-881
2071-914-911
2072-945-941
2073-976-972
2074-1007-1003
2075-1039-1035
2076-1071-1067
2077-1105-1101
2078-1139-1135
2079-1175-1171
2080-1211-1207
2081-1248-1244
2082-1286-1281
2083-1324-1319
2084-1363-1358
2085-1403-1398
2086-1443-1437
2087-1483-1478
2088-1524-1518
2089-1564-1559
2090-1604-1598
2091-1643-1637
2092-1681-1675
2093-1718-1711
2094-1754-1748
2095-1789-1783
2096-1825-1818
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